Minister downplays risks from ‘data breach’ at Kudankulam nuclear plant
Union Minister Jitendra Singh and NPCIL officials have downplayed a data breach involving files related to the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. They clarified that the leaked documents concern non-nuclear auxiliary systems managed by Reliance Infrastructure and pose no security risk to the plant's core operations.
Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh downplayed concerns regarding the data breach involving electronic files linked to the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu. “This (the breach) has nothing to do with the nuclear plant, or nuclear security,” he told The Hindu on the sidelines of a press conference on Thursday (July 16, 2026). “There’s no need for any immediate review because what has happened is not linked to nuclear activity”.
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